Pastoral Manager

We are looking for Pastoral Manager to lead and manage the pastoral needs of your year group by developing effective systems and strategies to ensure that all students in the year group are supported to enable them to fulfil their educational potential.

About Us

From our opening in September 2020, our academy is a place where ‘everything is possible’. By this we mean that:

• every student is supported to fully develop their academic and personal talents. We help students to go on and achieve their dreams
• we work with our families to support all our students, including those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities
• we are a supportive part of the Lambeth community, working with our neighbours and others as best we can
• every member of staff is supported in becoming the best that they can be, including their future career prospects and ambitions.

It is our vision of ‘everything is possible’ that underpins the five values that staff and students at the academy uphold:

• endeavour – to relish challenge, never give up and learn to take sensible risks
• self-belief – to believe that they can and will go on to achieve their ambitions
• honesty – act with integrity, treating others the way they would like to be treated
• excellence – not settling for second best or for the easiest option
• having a global view – understanding their place in the world and how they can make it a better one.

A central core of our ethos is to fully develop students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural well-being. We ensure that our students understand their role in making the academy and their community a safer and better place. We do this in a wide variety of ways. including after-school activities, during lessons, school visits and working with a range of external organisations such as local and national charities.

Main Areas of Responsibility

Leadership Responsibilities

• To contribute to the whole School Improvement Plan in conjunction with the lead tutors and Pastoral Lead (AP)
• To contribute to the development of effective monitoring and evaluation of pastoral systems and to support the School Self Evaluation Form (SEF)
• To contribute to and support the Pastoral Lead (AP) in planning programmes of intervention for those students who show significant underachievement and barriers to learning
• To contribute to leadership team meetings with detailed weekly behaviour analysis and actions
• To track and monitor behaviour interventions to ensure they have impacted

Student Management

• To participate in the development and implementation of strategies to maintain acceptable student behaviour
• To be responsible for the management of student behaviour within the year group e.g. use of detentions, reports, telephone calls and letters home, meetings with parents, referral to SRC, recommendation for exclusion to the Assistant Principal
• To develop and manage systems for the monitoring and tracking of students out of lessons
• To motivate and reward student and work with teachers to ensure they continue to motivate as well as challenge students
• To participate in the planning and delivery of year group assemblies that promote learning and achievement as appropriate
• To lead in the development of effective relationships with parents using a variety of communication systems e.g. meeting with parents, phone calls, letters and attending parent events
• To establish and maintain effective administration systems both manual and electronic to ensure that every student’s information is up to date and accurate

Student Welfare

• To lead in the development of robust and effective student welfare strategies to ensure that students’ welfare is managed and monitored.
• To develop and implement effective strategies for conflict resolution for managing student and staff relationships
• To be responsible for implementation and monitoring of the academy’s policy on uniform within the year group, including disciplinary procedures and parental contact/meetings as required.
• To be responsible in the event of very serious incidents, for the collating of information required by the Pastoral Leader or Senior Management for disciplinary action
• To establish and manage systems for the support and guidance of students during examinations, utilising all available stakeholders.
• To develop, build and maintain relationships with outside agencies who may become involved with individual students.
• To lead in student welfare meetings with external agencies or other school groups as required.

General Responsibilities

• To be responsible for the completion of student reports, references and records.
• To be responsible for the inclusion of information regarding behaviour and relationships in student reports to support the academic reporting by teaching staff.
• To establish forums for parental consultation and discussion.
• To establish systems which facilitate “student voice “.
• To manage year group information systems utilising all available media’s e.g. year information notice boards, internal information screens, school web site.
• To undertake morning break and lunch break duties as required.
• To attend and contribute to school meetings as required.
• To provide First Aid assistance and maintain an up-to-date qualification
• To carry out all responsibilities with due regard to Health and Safety legislation
• To carry out all responsibilities with due regard to Equal Opportunities legislation

Qualifications & Experience

• A good standard of education
• Evidence of pastoral related training
• Evidence of recent relevant ICT training
• Current First Aid certification, or willingness to undergo training
• Current mini-bus licence or willingness to undergo training to get one
• Experience of working with students from the 11-16 age range
• Experience of using ICT to monitor attendance and punctuality, or willingness to undergo training
• Experience of developing student autonomy through strategies such as peer mentoring
• Experience of using extra-curricular activities to enhance motivation and attainment
• Experience of raising levels of attendance and punctuality through rigorous monitoring, reporting and follow-up action
• Experience of using ICT for curriculum and administration purposes

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. Before applying, please review our Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders.

Equal Opportunities

The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

As a provider of employment and education, we value the diversity of our staff and students, and all our staff are equally valued and respected. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment for our students and staff.